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Professor Souldo, the boss of the Nigerian Central Bank, writes a
personal message to me? Highly unlikely, I would say.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Date: Sep 5, 2008 2:17 AM
Subject: YOUR PART PAYMENT BY ATM CARD IS READY
To:

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, (C.B.N)
38 BROAD STREET, TINUBU SQUARE.
PHONE: +234 705 801 9117

ATTN: BENEFICIARY/CONTRACTOR/AWARD WINNER

YOUR PARTICULARS WAS MENTIONED IN OUR JUST CONCLUDED THIRD QUARTER
DEBT SETTLEMENT GENERAL MEETING. A PART PAYMENT OF $150.000 (ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WAS APPROVED ON YOUR
NAME. THIS PAYMENT HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED INTO AN AUTOMATED TELLER
MACHINE (ATM CARD) POWERED BY VISA AND WILL BE MAILED TO YOUR ADDRESS
BY COURIER SERVICE.

YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO RE-CONFIRM AND FORWARD TO MY DESK THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION’S:

1. YOUR REQUIRED NAME TO BE PRINTED ON YOUR ATM CARD:
2. YOUR PRESENT RESIDENT MAILING ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX):
3. YOUR PERSONAL AND REACHABLE PHONE NUMBER:

WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCIES THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT MIGHT
HAVE CAUSED YOU.

YOURS SINCERELY,
PROF. CHUKWUMA SOLUDO
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N)

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The last message of this kind offered a Cash Card with 850 thousand US Dollars on it. Sure it sounds good, but it’s not very logical, is it?

Looking through the message, it has all of the Hallmarks of typical 419 scam e-mails:

1. It uses only Freemail accounts
2. The sender is a “Reverend”. That’s a title only used for representatives of protestant churches. It’s highly unlikely they would be working for a bank as well.
3. The “Central Bank of Nigeria” is quoted as being the remitter bank.
4. They quote I will be getting an inheritance.
5. And of course, I will be getting millions of US Dollars with no strings attached.

That’s enough to mark it as suspect, I would say.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: officebox01 Gazeta.pl <officebox01@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Subject: From CBN Releasing Of Your Fund To You Via ATM CARD PAYMENT.
To:

From Desk Of Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Dept. International Remittance
Swift Card Payment Center
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

Dear Beneficiary.

This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds of US$7.5m has been programmed to be paid to you through ATM Swift Card Payment.

Therefore,you should get back to this office with your home or office address and your Phone Number where your SWIFT ATM Card will be dispatched to.

As soon as I receive your information required I will process your payment legally and will issue your ATM SWFIT CARD which your total funds US$7.5M will be loaded on your ATM Card and I will dispatch it to your domain without any further delay.

Finally,as soon as i finish the processing of your ATM PAYMENT CARD i will scan it and forward to you via email attachment while the Original Copy will be dispatched to you through courier service.

Look forward to hear from you soonest and get back to me via email:(officeroom001@yahoo.es)

Congratulation?s.

Yours Sincerely,

Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Director (CBN, IRD, and ATM)
Dept. International Remittance
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Tags: 419scam, Central Bank of Nigeria, Rev.Johnson Uzoma

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This is a trend which I have seen quite often. The story says there is a bank draft waiting for me in Benin or West Africa. I just have to pay the shipment fee and it’s mine.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Andy Davids <mandy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Subject: CONTACT ALBERT LEE
To: undisclosed-recipients

Greetings,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable BankDraft of 600,000,00 GBP, but I did not hear from you since that time.

Then I went and deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West  Africa, I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of August.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($385.00 US) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $385.00US Dollars.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Contact Person: Mr. Albert Lee
Email Address: fedexcourierde@gmail.com
Telephone:+(234) 8058509099

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address() and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their  Security Keeping fee of $385.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.ANDY DAVIDS

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Fedex

Tags: Bank Draft, Bankdraft, Benin Africa, Certificate Fee, Clearance Certificate, Contact Person, Courier Company, Courier Service, Demurrage, Drug Money, E Mail, Fedex, Fedex Courier, Gmail, Insurance Premium, Mandy, Postal Address, Terrorist Attack, Undisclosed Recipients, West Africa

Here’s another one saying the money is deposited with an express delivery company. You only have to look at the e-mail address to see it’s a fake.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Agu Bello &lt;sandra_4uonly@yahoo.fr&gt;
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Subject: CONTACT GES SERVICE FOR YOUR PACKAGE
To:

Dear Friend,

Good day, I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft but did not heard from you since that
time. I went to the bank to confirm whether the draft is getting close to expire and the director of the bank told me that
before the draft will get to your address, that it will expire. Then I told him to help me and cash the cashier bank draft of
$1,200,000,00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars), Us Dollars to cash payment,
However, I have successfully cashed the draft and packaged it in a box and have registered it in the GLOBAL SECURITY OURIER
SERVICE COMPANY (GES) here in Benin Republic because I will travell to see my boss and will not come back till next month
end,

You have to contact the GLOBAL SECURITY COURIER SERVICE COMPANY (GES) FOR YOUR PACKAGE to know when they will deliver your package to your address. I have paid for the delivering charges ok.
Here is GLOBAL SECURITY COURIER Contact Address;
Telephone Number, +22997046911
MR.HENRY JECOBS
E-mail:( express.courier49@yahoo.fr )

Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX ,
This is the information they need from you,

1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3. YOUR CURRENT MOBILE NUMBER.
4. YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
5. A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE.

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security keeping fees. I gave them your delivering address
but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivery,

Note; I didn’t tell the GLOBAL SECURITY COURIER SERVICE COMPANY (GES) that the box contained money, I registered it as a
package of an African cloths. This is to avoid delaying or any upfront problem during the delivery, So do not let them know
that the package contains money, Do let me know as soon as you received your package.

You will get in touch with me through e-mail as my phone is no longer available now that I am out from our country.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
AGU BELLO

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